V. A. Urechia

V. A. Urechia was a Moldavian, later Romanian historian, Romantic author of historical fiction and plays, academic and politician. The author of Romanian history syntheses, a noted bibliographer, heraldist, ethnographer and folklorist, he founded and managed a private school, later holding teaching positions at the University of Iași and University of Bucharest. Urechia was also one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy and, as frequent traveler to Spain and fluent speaker of Spanish, a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He was the father of satirist Alceu Urechia.

15 February 1834

Born on the same birth day (15 February): Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart • Alfonso Fontanelli • Alfred North Whitehead • Ali Campbell • Brendon Small • Charles Édouard Guillaume • Eio Sakata • Graham Hill • Jack Dann • James Forrestal • Jaromír Jágr • Joseph R. Gannascoli • Matthew Ward (singer) • Melissa Manchester • Yehoshua Neuwirth • İsmail Cem

Born in the same month (February 1834): Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe • Dmitri Mendeleev • Edwin Klebs • Ema Pukšec • Ernst Haeckel • Felix Dahn • Heinrich Caro • Wilhelm von Scherff